And again, it was the image itself and the title attached to it that troubled me for the same reason I bristle at images like these (Madonna and Santa:)
Posted on 01/05/2010 9:46:47 PM PST by the_conscience
I just witnessed a couple of Orthodox posters get kicked off a "Catholic Caucus" thread. I thought, despite their differences, they had a mutual understanding that each sect was considered "Catholic". Are not the Orthodox considered Catholic? Why do the Romanists get to monopolize the term "Catholic"?
I consider myself to be Catholic being a part of the universal church of Christ. Why should one sect be able to use a universal concept to identify themselves in a caucus thread while other Christian denominations need to use specific qualifiers to identify themselves in a caucus thread?
And again, it was the image itself and the title attached to it that troubled me for the same reason I bristle at images like these (Madonna and Santa:)
Well, there is that too....
I agree it’s highly insulting. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing what the picture in Nicaragua actually shows and even less of an idea of what the original orientation was.
I only stepped back into this fray because (a) I was mentioned by name and (b) the photographer's website has been canceled so if anyone wanted to see it for himself, he'd need to Google for it while the thumbprint was still there and the website still cached.
You should read some of the stuff on this website, they despise Calvinism:
http://www.wayoflife.org/files/category-calvinism.html
Oops, sorry, I didn’t mean to post that to you.
Yes, and for a couple of reasons.
Madonna? Just plain heresy. But what do you expect from a pagan.
The Santa Cross? Clearly put up by some sort of Christian as a statement on society.
Shame on them! The ends don't always justify the means. Heresy is heresy!!, !
Thanks for posting that Sister.
Wow, what a beautiful cross. Wish I had one. I think it’s neat that the artist showed Mary and John, who were at the foot of the cross, on the crossbeam so they could actually be seen. Neat idea.
The Centrepiece during the mass IS Christ in the form of the Eucharist. Catholics worship Mary as much as you Presbyterians worship Calvin and Machen. The way you deny your worship of Calvin and Machen is hilarious
No, YOU didn’t make such a claim. However others did. Your statement that you don’t like such depictions is a valid statement of belief. But conjecturing something else is, well, pure conjecture.
I'd say all Catholics deny Mary worship, not just those of Rome.
That's because the Catholic Church prohibits and condemns worship of anyone but the Triune God.
As for the position of Christ in that Church, you need to look at that table in the center, draped in white. THAT is where you'll find Christ during Mass.
Except ya'll will constantly bring Mary up during your worship, during your prayers. We rarely mention Calvin during worship, and then only to quote him. Ya'll worship Mary.
So now even mentioning the Mother of God is worship?
Uncanny.
Honestly, when someone tries to put God in a box, and say this or that about what must or must not be true about Him, that person will always come up against contradictions. That is because God's ways are FAR above our ways. An ant has more chance of understanding human behavior than we do of understanding anything about God's will. What may look contradictory to an ant makes perfect sense to the human.
Any attempt to limit the discussion to artificial parameters of what God can or cannot do, wills or does not will, is evidence of the folly of extreme hubris.
Which is why your question reminds us of the question, "Is green up?"
The mass has actually no or very little mention of Mary, except in the Creed.
Advent and Marian feast days are exceptions.
You wrote:
“Catholicism clearly holds that He is not sovereign, and you have so stated by your responses.”
Please show where Catholicism holds God is not sovreign.
“Ya’ll worship Mary.”
Ya’ll are wrong.
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